2026 MBB Transfer Portal Tracker as of 4/9/2026 2:50pm

[TheRealUW]

If any of them get a year on a P4 program...they are going to make a lot more off of that one year than even the higher earning people just out of college.

If you are just bouncing around G5...your not going to be be nearly as well off. Graduation rates are already bad in this group so you would probalby just be comparing different versions of bad. Unless you get a degree from a famous "network effect" university, it doesn't really matter where the degree came from. Every one of thos analyses show that it matters more what you study than where you study.

From everything I understand, graduation rates amongst collegiate athletes are at all time high, including for college basketball players. Last data the NCAA released claimed an 85% four-cohort graduation success rate amongst D1 college basketball players.

There has been a lot of talk about how athletes that transfer multiple times during their collegiate career are hurting their chances at obtaining a diploma. While it intuitively seems like it would be true, I'm not sure the data is actually backing this claim up. I would be very interested to see how graduation rates compare amongst players that transfer a single time vs. players that transfer multiple times - I haven't been able to find any good data on this yet.

 

[Udubalum07]

From everything I understand, graduation rates amongst collegiate athletes are at all time high, including for college basketball players. Last data the NCAA released claimed an 85% four-cohort graduation success rate amongst D1 college basketball players.

There has been a lot of talk about how athletes that transfer multiple times during their collegiate career are hurting their chances at obtaining a diploma. While it intuitively seems like it would be true, I'm not sure the data is actually backing this claim up. I would be very interested to see how graduation rates compare amongst players that transfer a single time vs. players that transfer multiple times - I haven't been able to find any good data on this yet.

The thing about the graduation rate data is how it is being reported is so different. If any player leaves in good academic standing, they are considered a positive on the graduation rate. So, they don't calculate it the same at all.

 

[307bball]

From everything I understand, graduation rates amongst collegiate athletes are at all time high, including for college basketball players. Last data the NCAA released claimed an 85% four-cohort graduation success rate amongst D1 college basketball players.

There has been a lot of talk about how athletes that transfer multiple times during their collegiate career are hurting their chances at obtaining a diploma. While it intuitively seems like it would be true, I'm not sure the data is actually backing this claim up. I would be very interested to see how graduation rates compare amongst players that transfer a single time vs. players that transfer multiple times - I haven't been able to find any good data on this yet.

Wow... Color me impressed. I think overall graduation rates in a 6 year window are barely above 60%.

 

[TheRealUW]

The thing about the graduation rate data is how it is being reported is so different. If any player leaves in good academic standing, they are considered a positive on the graduation rate. So, they don't calculate it the same at all.

For an individual institution, what you are saying makes sense.

But if the NCAA is reporting GSR for the entirety of D1 basketball players, excluding transfers in good academic standing should have almost no effect on the rate because they ultimately end up counted at another institution.

 

[TheRealUW]

Wow... Color me impressed. I think overall graduation rates in a 6 year window are barely above 60%.

I believe you are right.

In my opinion, people downplay how advantageous a full ride scholarship is for student athletes these days.

Non-athlete college students drop out for a variety of reasons, but lack of finances is a growing trend. Federal student aid makes a major assumption that your parents are contributing a sum of money based on some algorithm they apply to their most recent tax returns. The problem is that there are many families in which the parents either don’t contribute at all or they contribute far less than what the government says they should be able to afford to contribute. This leaves a gap between college expenses and available funds, and unless the student is willing to seek alternate loans, often at very high interest rates, they literally cannot afford to go to/stay in school.